Literacy Coalition Partners
Featured Partner:
The City of West Palm Beach
Left to Right: Matthew Street, Ferdinand Clarke, Jr. and Shawn Stanley
The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County has partnered with the City of West Palm Beach Public Utilities Department to provide onsite workplace instruction since 2008. Our instructors provide weekly GED classes, as well as classes to help employees pass certification exams related to their work in the City’s Water Department.
The certification exams require knowledge of many topics including water law codes, public safety, water storage and distribution, as well as advanced mathematical calculations. Students are grateful for the dedicated time and instruction to help them achieve their work-related goals.
Three students were especially proud to share the progress they’ve made this year by attending classes. In March, Ferdinand Clarke, Jr., Shawn Stanley and Matthew Street successfully completed their Florida Rural Water Association Water Distribution Operator residential exam and are now eligible to move forward to take the State’s commercial certification exam – a requirement for all utility employees.
All three students expressed how the classes offered by the Literacy Coalition have helped them. Ferdinand shared, “Before attending study class, I was having difficulty with the math. But in class we had hands-on practice with it; we could focus on it.”
“Going to class helped because math and technical definitions were broken down by our instructor to the simplest form, which made it so that everybody understood,” Matthew said. Without focused study, it is difficult to pass the state exams. “Completing the residential exam is necessary and it’s important because it prepares us to have a deeper understanding of the water aspect of the state’s commercial certification test,” Shawn said.
Ferdinand, Shawn and Matthew will continue attending the study class as they prepare for the State’s commercial certification test.
Thank you to our program partners for investing in literacy:
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Achievement Centers for Children and Families
Acts of Kindness Community Development, Inc.
Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches
Afterschool Connections at Franklin Academy
American Association of Caregiving Youth
The ARC of Palm Beach County
Believers Academy
Belvedere Elementary & Afterschool
Benoist Farms Elementary & Afterschool
Bethesda Memorial Hospital
Boca Raton Medical Center
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Boynton Beach City Library
Boynton Beach Community High School
Bridges at Belle Glade
Bridges at Boynton Beach
Bridges at Highland
Bridges at Lake Park
Bridges at Lake Worth
Bridges at Lake Worth West
Bridges at Northwood
Bridges at Pahokee
Bridges at Riviera Beach
Bridges at West Palm Beach
Brito Medical Center
Caridad Center
Center for Family Services of Palm Beach County
Children’s Academy of Lake Worth
Children’s Clinic
Children’s Home Society of Florida
Children’s Physicians
Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County
City of Greenacres
City of West Palm Beach
C.L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics
Clinics Can Help
Community Greening
Community Partners of South Florida
C.O. Taylor / Kirklane Elementary & Afterschool
CROS Ministries
Crosspointe Elementary & Afterschool
Delray Pediatrics
DePorres Place
Digital Vibez
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary & Afterschool
Edna W. Runner Tutorial Center
El Sol
Executive Women of the Palm Beaches Foundation
Faith Farms Ministries
Faith Lutheran Afterschool
Families First of Palm Beach County
Feeding South Florida
First Steps to Success
Florida Atlantic University
Pine Jog Afterschool
Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County
Florence Fuller Child Development Center
Forest Hill Community High School
Forest Park Elementary
FoundCare
Freedom Shores Elementary Afterschool
Frenchman’s Creek Country Club
Gaines Park Community Center, City of West Palm Beach
Galaxy E3 Elementary & Afterschool
Glades Initiative
Gentle Medicine Associates, Inc.
Golden Grove Elementary Afterschool
Good Samaritan Medical Center
Gove Elementary
Greenacres Elementary Afterschool
Grove Park Elementary
The Guatemalan-Maya Center
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries Transition to Life Academy
Hagen Road Elementary
Hammock Pointe Elementary
Healthy Beginnings Nurses
Healthy Families
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County
High Point Academy
HomeSafe
Hope-Centennial Elementary & Afterschool
Indian Pines Elementary
Inwater Research Group
Johnson Scholars Program
Jupiter Elementary
Jupiter Medical Center
Jupiter Pediatric Associates
Kids at Work Learning Center
Kingswood Academy Afterschool, Greenacres
Lakeside Medical Center
Lake Worth Community High School
Lake Worth Pediatrics
Lantana Elementary & Afterschool
Leadership Palm Beach County
League of Women Voters Palm Beach County
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County
Lincoln Elementary
Living Hungry
The Lord’s Place, Inc.
Loving Tender Pediatrics
Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach
Mary Hunt “Love Education” Foundation
Meadow Park Elementary & Afterschool
The Mission Medical Center
New Hope Charities, Inc., Afterschool Program
Northmore Elementary Afterschool
Nurse Family Partnership
Orchard View Elementary & Afterschool
Pahokee Pediatric Associates
Palm Beach County Community Services Department
Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management
Palm Beach County Food Bank
Palm Beach County Library System
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
Palm Beach County Youth Services Department
Palm Beach Lakes Community High School
Palm Beach Pediatrics
Palm Beach Symphony
Palm Springs Elementary Afterschool
Palms West Hospital
Path to College
Pediatric Associates
Pediatric Center of Belle Glade
Pediatric Place
Physicians Park Medical Group
Pine Grove Elementary
Pleasant City Elementary Afterschool
Plumosa School of the Arts & Afterschool
Poinciana Elementary Afterschool
Prime Time Palm Beach County
Rolling Green Elementary & Afterschool
Royal Palm Beach Community High School
Royal Palm Pediatrics
The School District of Palm Beach County
The School District of Palm Beach County – Department of Adult Education
Soma Medical Centers
South Olive Elementary Afterschool
South Tech Academy
Special Olympics Florida
Palm Beach County
Spirit of Giving Network
Starlight Cove Elementary
St. Mary’s Medical Center
Take Stock in Children
Tenet Florida Physicians Services
Town of Palm Beach United Way
United Way of Palm Beach County
Village Academy
Volunteer Florida
Wellington Regional Medical Center
West Boca Medical Center
Westward Elementary & Afterschool
Women’s Circle
Women’s Health Initiative
Youth Making Ripples
Our apologies to any partner that may have been inadvertently omitted.